Thank you very much for you help. Could someone please explain this to me:

Does DAW DAC (Digital to Analog Converter) differ in Cubase from Ableton and is of better quality?

I find un-mixed material to sound cleaner and clearer in Cubase versus Ableton. Am I just biased? I do find Ableton's workflow to be much better than Cubase and especially under loop/midi circumstances.

I'm no expert and I haven't seen your other thread(why did you do that?) but I stopped using Ableton Live a little while ago because I came to the same conclusion you have about the sound quality. Besides, C5 has everything I need. I've also read many threads rating the "engine" inside Cubase and Logic as being better than Ableton.

The workflow is very good, though. Have you tried writing with Ableton and transferring files to Cubase(though I'm not sure how much better this will be than just working in Live)?

DAC definitely does not - they both use what you have in your DAW. I don't know which bit depth Ableton uses in High Quality mode, apart from that they should not differ, though.
Could be some hidden setting, though...
Cheers, Jo

I switched from cubase sx 3 to live beacause of the workflow., i recentrly tried cubase 5 and i was blown away by the sound quality, crital clear, while ableton its fat!!! but i love live's workflow i tried to make a track in cubase 5 and i got so bored 10 after, i know it has tons of new features but i dont need em really.

To be honest nobody has told me one was better. I purchased both softwares last summer and found the "difference" myself. I am almost willing to bet it's some setting I am overlooking. However I am using same bit depth and sample rate with ASIO.

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. - Albert Einstein

I think quality can misunerstood, theres no point (for me at least) to talk about quality uf ur using m-audio stuff por example, in a home/room studio, of course u can get amazing results.what im trying to say is that i u really want quality go buy an RME soundcard,adam monitors,uad card,acoustic treated room etc....i forgot study some sound engineering course.

perhaps u already knew that...at the end of the day software by itself wont male to much difference if u know how to use ur tools i bet u can make quality stuff in ableton,logic,cubase,sonar etc....

For me workflow is the most important matter, i was bored to death making music in cubase, when i switched to live muy tracks sounded better, not beacause of live, because i was feeling more comfortable and that was reflected in my tracks.